Maple Cinnamon Popcorn
This recipe has very simple ingredients and a simple process. Easy! Make popcorn. Boil syrup. Add cinnamon, Mix and quickly toast in oven to crisp it up. The tricky part is cooking the syrup. It is such a small amount its hard to get a good read on a candy thermometer. So I rely on […]
Stove Top Popcorn
Popcorn is fun and simple and unpretentious…a food everyone can relate to. It’s something you have at the movies or make at home for movie night. Goes really well with kids and skating and hot chocolate on a cold day, or a cold afternoon with a good book or puzzle. You can make it straight […]
Baked Tofu
All tofu is not created equal, although each does have its own special merits. I came into the age of cooking with using the freshest artisan tofu. Gosh it works so well in so many tofu creations. It’s creamy with a hint of sweetness – when it’s fresh. Buying tofu at the supermarket is a […]
Celebrating Apples Crumb Cake
I don’t think you can have too many apples! They are delicious to eat just by themselves and there is so much you can do with them. Any leftover apples can be easily preserved in one way or another. I developed this recipe to showcase the sweet, tart, sumptuous flavor of apples in a coffee […]
Squash Miso Soup
There are infinite ways to make miso soup. It can be light with snow peas and greens or rich with fish or beans. Or something totally different. In our international world we can share ideas and create… Using what’s in season, miso soup can be made to reflect what we have on hand and what […]
Crock Pot Baked Beans
I grew up eating baked beans every Saturday night: baked beans out of a can with brown bread out of a can and hot dogs. And I loved our predictable simple Saturday night meal. We all did. Sometimes my mom would make baked beans from scratch in an antique bean pot (before we knew about […]
Crispy Dulse
Dulse is a wonderful sea ‘vegetable.’ And is not actually a seaweed. Dulse is an algae. Yum! Ok so dulse has been eaten for thousands of years because of its abundance and nutrient rich flavor. It can be eaten raw or cooked. Both are great if you know what to do. Here is a simple start. Take dulse […]
Roasted Delicata Squash
I am in heaven this time of year with all the squashes and pumpkins in season. I can’t seem to get enough and get excited (in a geeky kind of way) about all the varieties, colors, flavors and recipe possibilities. One of the many interesting things about squash is that the taste and level of sweetness […]